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ECE 498: Waves Physics in Wireless Communication

Spring 2021

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Instructor:

Professor Zhen Peng

Office: 5058 ECE Building

Email: zvpeng@illinois.edu

Teaching assistant:

Lecture Schedule:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 09:30 - 10:50

Class video in Echo 360 

Office hour

Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 pm

Textbook:

References:

• M. Franceschetti, Wave Theory of Information, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781139136334, 2017.
• D. Tse, P. Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
• T.L. Marzetta, E.G. Larsson, and T.B. Hansen, “Massive MIMO and Beyond”, in Information Theoretic Perspective on 5G Systems and Beyond, I. Maric, O. Simeone, S. Shamai (editors), Cambridge University Press, 2019.
• M. T. Ivrlac and J. A. Nossek, “Toward a Circuit Theory of Communication,” IEEE. Trans. Circuits and Systems, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 1663-1683, 2010.

Course Overview:

In this undergraduate/graduate course, we will discuss the wave physics of information transmission in diverse and complex environments. Students will learn physics-based modeling of the wireless system through electromagnetic theory, which, in turn, will appreciate the formulation and development of commensurate communication theory. 

1.    Introduction to Wireless Communication Channel (Weeks 1-2)

•       Concept of a Wireless Channel

•       Communication Performance Metrics

•       Cellular Systems and Networks

•       Multiple Access Schemes and Duplexing

2.    Properties of Electromagnetic Waves (Weeks 3-4)

•       Maxwell’s Equations

•       Plane Wave Representation

•       Green’s Function Propagation Operator

•       Information Content of the Waveform

•       Reaction Theorem and Reciprocity Theorem

3.    Radiation and Antenna Fundamentals (Weeks 5-7)

•       Radiation Principles

•       Basic Antenna Parameters and Elements

•       Friis’ Transmission Equation

•       Linear Array Antenna Theory 

•       Analog and Digital Beamforming

4.    Deterministic Representation of Wave Propagation (Weeks 8-9)

•       Propagation Model and Wireless Channel 

•       Reflection, Refraction and Transmission

•       Geometrical Optics

•       Geometrical/Uniform theory of diffraction 

•       Path-loss model and Shadowing

5.    Stochastic Representation of Wave Propagation (Weeks 10-11)

•       Green’s Function for a Random Environment

•       Spatially Varying Green’s Function: Coherence Distance

•       Frequency-Varying Green’s Function: Coherence Bandwidth

•       Time-Varying Green’s Function: Coherence Time

•       Karhunen-Loeve Representation

6.    Multiple Antenna Communication (Weeks 12-13)

•       Fading Channels and their Capacity Concepts

•       Beamforming Gain, Spatial Multiplexing and Spatial Diversity

•       Performance of point-to-point MIMO Channels

•       Introduction to multiuser MIMO

•       Massive MIMO and Holographic Surface

7.    Time-Reversal Communication (Weeks 14-15)

•       Principles of Time Reversal and Effective Bandwidth

•       Signal Recording and Transmission

•       Spatial and Temporal Focusing

•       Time-Reversal Division Multiple Access 

•       Wideband Waveforming

Pre-requisite:

ECE350, ECE 361, or consent of the instructor

Jan 2021: ECE498

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign